The new USS Gerald R. Ford, the first new aircraft carrier design from the US Navy in four decades, boasts a slew of improved features that separate it from the previous Nimitz class carriers.

Ford is not just any technological marvel—she’s the most advanced and most powerful ship in the world.

Secretary of the Navy John Phelan embarked USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), the flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 12, to observe the strike group’s Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX), Apr.

Continued problems with the advanced weapons elevators could affect the delivery of the Navy's next Ford-class carrier, Navy officials indicated.

The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) Carrier Strike Group’s Composite Training Unit Exercise (Comptuex) is set to wrap up in mid-April off the coast of North Carolina ahead of a deployment expected ...